NHGC
Vision
StatementThe
National Human
Genome Center
at Howard
University
is a comprehensive
resource for
genomic research
on African
Americans
and other
African Diaspora
populations,
distinguished
by a diverse
social context
for framing
biology as
well as the
ethical, legal,
and social
implications
of knowledge
gained from
the human
genome project
and research
on genome
variation.
The vision
for the NHGC
is founded
upon Howard
University’s
history of
providing
leadership
for America
and the global
community
in the critical
areas of education,
health, and
social justice.

NHGC
Mission StatementThe
mission of the
National Human
Genome Center
is to explore
the science
of and teach
the knowledge
about DNA sequence
variation and
its interaction
with the environment
in the causality,
prevention,
and treatment
of diseases
common in African
American andother
African Diaspora
populations.

NHGC Goal
The goal of
the NHGC is
to bring multicultural
perspectives
and resources
to an understanding
of human genome
variation and
its implications
for disease
prevention and
health promotion.

Consumer
Genetics Education
Network

Sharing
the Vision for the
National Human Genome
Center at Howard
University...As
we
map the human genome,
unfold the particularities
of life itself,
and begin to understand
the very mechanisms
that produce life,
i want the investigations
of our scientists
and students to
be informed by values,by
the ancient truths,
by a sense not of
the simple randomness
of life but of its
order"...as
revealed in the
human genome sequence.
--- H. PATRICK SWYGERT,
President of Howard
University

*Excerpt from 1998
message at Rankin
Memorial Chapel,
Howard University